Wow I am completely shocked by all the controversy in way surrounding soonam I was never aware of this.But I thank you fc because as expected you keep just to tge fashion and your post about the outfit is exactly right.

So I wasn’t being paranoid or a sore loser. I’m so sorry, this is somewhat ruining the sheer joy I felt when I saw Fan tonight. I’m glad you’ll be taking measures against this in the end of the week poll, it’s very disrespectful to your hard work and the regular readers of your blog. Thanks for all the amazing coverage you’ve been doing so far! Your site is by far my favourite fashion site and I check it several times a day! xo

We had the very same problem with some bollywood star on E! network,ever since we decided to stop promoting bollywood stars even if they do attend hollywood functions.However freida Peinto and Aishwarya rai are not regarded as sole bollywood stars they are international stars so we promote them all the way,we have not encounted any problems thus far,but we will not feauture any media COVERAGE on problematic bollywood stars with fans that are unethical and far from fair.

@fashion critic: why are u irked at sonam’s fans, if you didnt like her attire it doesn’t mean that others should follow u, if u are so upset by the fact that people are voting for sonam then you shouldn’t have listed her at all…and for your kind information we do have better things to do rather than wasting time on your lame and biased polls

it’s not your sadness, not our sadness, not Sonams sadness and not fashions sadness.
this can and will lead to something good!
always good to see, realise and understand different (maybe not based on enough respect, love, honesty etc etc) truths. the fans still mean well and probably are happy expressing themselves this way. lets celebrate that. but do they realise they may not help Sonam?

Aishwarya (she probably is used to and understands it) and Bingeling probably personally don’t mind. and fashion, art and beauty are still fashion, art and beauty!

I really agree with this comment… Its not fair to sonam… I genuinely would like to ask is there not the slightest chance that even Fan Bingbing’s fans might be voting for her??! and just because sonam’s fan sorta love the way she looks is the reason they vote for her… and thats the point of the poll i guess… Voting for someone who YOU think looks stunning…. Just a thought! Nothing else intended….

how do you know FBB’s fans are not spreading the link on forums? There are many fansites/forums other than just a twitter. It’s unfair really, posting the link is to make other fans aware of this poll. But I guess if you made up your mind abt eliminating her, than nothing we can do.

I am sorry you felt the poll is hijacked. You posted the poll here, the fans posted it on a FAN site informing others there is such a poll. Nobody was planning to hijack your poll.

I am sure, you get many more readers and visitors than fans of Sonam Kapoor so I don’t see why you are worried that your poll got hijacked by Sonam fans. Surely there are more people who would vote other than Sonam fans, no?

I can totally understand that and yes it’s not really fair to you and your regular readers.

But I can assure you when the link was posted, it was to not hijack your poll or ruin this for your readers. It was just to inform others that there was such a poll going on. Actually the link first was posted by a general Bollywood twitter not a Sonam Kapoor Fan Club.

To make it more fair for you and everyone else, the links from Sonam Kapoor fan club have been deleted because again the intention was not to hijack your poll. As for some of the hyper comments by Sonam’s fans, well some fans are just defensive but you shouldn’t judge Sonam or whole group of fans by just some.

I hope if you ever feature Sonam again, it goes more smoothly for you.

this is dejavu. these fans once attacked members on two different sites for commenting on sonam’s acting. if you feature her again you will know how the fans attack everyone for their comments. they call you bad names and make fun of you. sonam kapoor is paris hilton when it comes to brain.

Lady, the real fans of Sonam Kapoor would not scoop so low. We know, everyone has their own opinion and we fully respect that. If someone doesn’t like Sonam or her acting or her clothes, that’s their choice and we are not going to attack them or call them names.

Saying that, yes there are some very crazy fans out there but every celebrity I am guesing has those. But to ban Sonam from the site or any site all together is not only unfair to Sonam but to her genuine fans as well as it makes those fans look bad.

To FC, if there is anything I can help you with regarding the behavior of some of these fans, please do contact me (with the email addy listed here), as being an owner of one of the fanclubs, we know a quite of the fans.

The sad thing is other websites like People.com, style.com, WWD probably won’t feature Sonam because she’s not Diane Kruger or Penelope Cruz.

I always make it a point to feature everyone fashionable no matter where they are from, but on this occasion it has been sadly thrown back in my face.

As my regular readers have said this has only happened once before and that was with Vanessa Hudgens who I stopped writing about for about a year because the torment was so negative and agressive that I had to get the police involved.

Emma Watson has a large fan base and her fan sites will link to articles, but they never link to polls.

i love the last line of ur comment! being based in india…i have a fair idea of her antics ever since her first film appeared [2.5 yrs back]. she’s actually a fairly intelligent girl…just the way she projects herself..that totally justifies ur “sonam kapoor is paris hilton when it comes to brain.” :D!

Oh dear, sorry to hear all this. I’m a regular reader of this blog and I must say that I did vote for Sonam. I genuinely liked how she looked in the outfit, it really stood out for me. I will also say that I have actually never heard of or seen the lady before in my life! – my first time ever hearing about her was today on this blog.
She may have been featured on the blog before, but I don’t remember.
Anyway, my vote was definitely a genuine one, and was in keeping with the spirit and intent of this blog.

What a mess. I read this blogg almost everyday and this is the first time I witnessed something like this all thanks to childish fans of this Bollywood actress.

Please be careful in future when you feature her again, her fan base seems very weird and childish judging from this poll.

I hope you did not got any hate mails from them? haha

I personally think her dress is bad, but she looks beautiful face wise, But I don’t understand what’s the big deal if loads of people thought her back was distracting? people need to respect different opinions.

you can tell now, suddenly after everyone realises the votes are from Sonam’s fans, Sonam’s “unbelievable” growth stops! and Fan is moderately back to the lead (as most people expected). This tells everything! LOL

Wow!! I was just reading the comments posted here. I have voted for Sonam Kapoor because I genuinely think that hers is the best dress. Others are nice but seem to be too safe. Sonam’s dress is so edgy. I am not a fan of Sonam. I have not watched any of her movies and don’t even know who she is. I request you FC to keep posting her as she seems to be like a breath of fresh air. I would like to see more of her.

gosh, how do i decide bwt. fan bingbing and fan bingbing? i love the purple dress she wears to red carpet, but i just couldn’t keep my eyes off from her elie saab red dress, and her long black hair is just perfect match to her dress, she looks so lovely!

FC! i’m little disappointed to see that ,but there is no point that we worry too much about it .instead we should enjoy everthing as always because i think Fan bingbin’s poll will higher than Sonam. as a matter of fact , fans are always powerful .
this phenomeno is very common in china . epecially some fans abuse other actress .

Why can i use same IP to vote servsls times . i think you should to change it so that the web can become more fair

I really couldn’t choose. I knew that I had to vote for Fan Bing Bing despite other lovely looks.
I really liked the red ES, but the purple one was impresssive. Then I saw that the Indian lady was dangerously near the top, so I voted for whichever look FAn had on top. She’s been flawless and any of thise dresses dessserves to win in my mind. I thiunk I voted for the purple one.
Fan BB looks less thin than last year, but still flawless. Being her at Cannes this year and wear those amazing dresses. What a dream.

I actually voted for Kapoor. But after reading about the inexcusable behavior of her fans relating to this wonderful blog, I am concerned for FC and regret my vote. Whatever needs to be done eliminate such harassment, I most heartily support.

I voted for Fan Bing Bing in her red Elie Saab – she looks so gorgeous in that color and with her hair down. I am appalled at the scuffle around Sonam; even though I liked her JPG dress, it’s not worth it for F.C. to feature her anymore if this is the result. F.C. works so hard on this site and she always respects our fashion choices/differences, the vast majority of us know that, but clearly others didn’t respect her passion and work in this poll – too bad for them!!!

Oh there is a lot of controversy here. Anyway, FC, I hope you continue to feature Sonam and other lesser-known (at least outside of their own country) stars who are fashionable. That’s how we got introduced to Fan Bing Bing remember! I hope rabid fans don’t turn you off from featuring her because she does have an interesting sense of style. Anyway I voted for Fan Bing Bing in Elie Saab. Somehow I was disappointed by the Atelier Versace, she has spoilt us.

I’m glad Fan is leading. However, it is unfortunate that people are taking this so seriously. I love that this site introduces us to fashionable celebs around the world, let us vote for who is more fashionable rather than who is more popular or has a bigger fan base. This is a fashion blog, after all.

That is a weird situation. I voted for the impecable construction of Gaultier Paris dress’ (not for Sonam, I don’t even know who she is) but I don’t really care who will win. Am I missing something? Is the winner gonna get the billion dollar prize? If not then why so serious?

I usually adore Sonam’s outfits – they often look amazing on her, and are cute/trendy/quite stylish…

But this right here… I’m not sure what to think. She herself looks stunning as usual, but that dress is just not right… The shoulder piece looks like a pad of styrofoam, and the way the dress sticks out around her middle is just… ugh.

And the funny thing is, I came from the Sonam Kapoor Fan Page on Facebook to check out the polls (with all intentions of voting for her, since she usually does dress the best)…

But next to Fan Bing Bing in Elie Saab Couture, Sonam looks awkward and out of place. Nothing can compare to the classic elegant look fo red, and Fan Bing Bing pulls it off beautifully.

Sorry fans, but Sonam Kapoor is definitely not the best dressed in this fashion roundoff!

I think one reason I voted for Fan Bing Bing in Elie Saab over Fan in Atelier Versace is that her make up suits the red dress better. Someone upthread mentioned that she looks too made up sometimes and I think so too. that’s why the Versace is not working. The harsh make up is contrasting with the soft purple but it suits the deep red perfectly. Oh and I wanted to give a shout out to Li Bing Bing as well. Fan’s (rightly) outshining her but she looks gorgeous too!

I’ve been waiting forever to see ‘THE’ versace dress on the redcarpet – Fan looks gorgeous. But then its easy for anyone to look fab in the Versace as the dress does 90% of the work. In the end my vote went to Sonam – the dress is edgey, unique and really difficult for anyone to pull off – and she makes it work – she looks stunning. Having said this, as a long time reader of this blog, i agree with FC – no fan site should be allowed to hijack polls n skew results.